Re: [Exim] BUG: mailq doesn't behave as expected

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Lähettäjä: Peter Radcliffe
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Aihe: Re: [Exim] BUG: mailq doesn't behave as expected
Rusty Russell <rusty@???> probably said:
>     IMHO, it's a bug to have sendmail compatible commands which
> aren't.  If you really want this, pick one:
>     1) remove `mailq'


rm `which mailq`
exim does _not_ create the link from mailq.

>     2) have it return an error if non-root and --only-my-own-mail not
>        specified, OR


Ewwwww. Oh, and inaccurate; it will show you the entire queue if you
are in the exim group (if you have set one) or if you are an admin
user. RTFM.

>     3) please have it clearly output that it is NOT showing you
>        all the mail.


No thanks.

>     Documenting it is *not* enough; I didn't read the
> documentation because I *know* what mailq does.


You didn't RTFM and you got burnt. Tough.

exim itself does _not_ have to have mailq as a link to it. If you
started using a 3rd party provided package (particularly one as
complex as an MTA) without reading the documentation, thats your
problem.

mailq's operation is a documented feature, one that I like.
MTA admins who don't read documentation, I don't like.

P.

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